Need Help ID'ing Some Stuff (PICS)

Howa

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I've got some stuff I've had in a box since my Grandaddy died about 8 years ago. Most of the arrowheads were picked up by him in Montgomery County over years of farming. The other stuff, I don't know what it is but believe it mostly came from a Great Uncle who picked the stuff up over around Tullahoma. Any info about what it is, etc would be much appreciated.

Artifact #1 almost looks like a type of pipe or something, it's hollow inside, but it looks like rock to me.
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#'s 2 &3 are some kind of a bowl or something.
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#'s 4&5 are definately pipes of some type. Are these Indian or are they Civil War Era?
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So this post isn't too big, I'm gonna make another thread with the rest. Thanks.
 

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CATCHDAWG said:
First pic is probally a pipe pre-form (unfinished). The bowls, judgeing by the color inside may have been used to mix hematite (paint).

Like facial paint?
 

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CATCHDAWG said:
First pic is probally a pipe pre-form (unfinished). The bowls, judgeing by the color inside may have been used to mix hematite (paint).

Artifact#1....I wonder about it being a stone pipe....would really need to see and feel. Could be unfinished pipe but I question only the inside cavity. It appears to get larger and open up inside like pottery. I haven't seen alot of pipes but those I did see had relatively even diameter drill holes all the way. It would be difficult to start a small hole and open it up larger inside to make a large hollow that appears to contour to the exterior shape instead of a drilled hole of consistent diameter. Could be. I just haven't seen that many.
 

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